Police obtained a search warrant the night Sullivan was arrested for a man in Denver, identified as Timothy Faase, and made the arrest later that night. He is said to be in custody.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson told 9Wants to Know it is safe to say Faase is suspected of being a supplier of methamphetamines.

9Wants to Know interviewed a man who says he's known Faase for 16 years. The friend would only used his first name, Fritz, with 9NEWS.

Fritz says he had just finished dinner with Faase at his apartment when police came.

"When they came through the door, I knew exactly why they were there. I knew they were there because he had been selling the drugs, but I didn't know they were there because of Mr. Sullivan's arrest," Fritz said.

Fritz says he had seen the former sheriff at the apartment complex at 1090 Clarkson Street in Denver many times.

"I knew exactly who he was. I knew he was a retired sheriff," Fritz said.

He says Willie Hadley, a man who says he traded meth for sex with Sullivan, was also at the apartment building frequently. Fritz says Hadley demanded the former sheriff pay for him to stay at a nearby hotel after Sullivan kicked Hadley out of the home he shared with his wife.

9Wants to Know has also learned that the investigation into Sullivan, 68, started with a traffic stop in Englewood on Nov. 17.

The man who was stopped consented to a search of his vehicle and police found drugs inside. The man then told police he had information about a high-profile figure. Sources tell 9Wants to Know that detectives were asked to come down to the Englewood Police Department in the middle of the night to hear the man's story.

The information he provided jump started the investigation and lead to Sullivan's arrest.

9Wants to Know has also learned Sullivan bonded a man out of jail just a couple of weeks before that man turned up dead in the Platte River.

Sean Moss, 27, was booked on a domestic violence charge. After Sullivan bonded Moss out of jail, Moss's body was found in the river just north of Coors Field about two weeks later.

Investigators believe Moss drowned and do not consider his death suspicious.

The Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility is named after Sullivan - which is where he is being held. The judge doubled his bond to $500,000 Wednesday morning. He will be formally charged on Dec. 5.

Authorities say Sullivan faces charges of selling a controlled substance, a class-five felony. If he is convicted, he faces one to six years in prison.

Investigators told 9Wants to Know the man that Sullivan wanted to have sex with was a long-time associate of the former sheriff.

The sheriff's department went to Sullivan's home that he shares with his wife. His wife gave them permission to conduct a search. They took large amounts of gay pornography that involves adults. They also took two computers that are being reviewed right now by the Arapahoe County forensics investigators. All the porn involved is of adults. Sullivan's family is cooperating fully, according to current Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson.

Sullivan served as sheriff from 1984 until he retired in 2002. He started with the department in 1979 after serving with Littleton Police beginning in 1962.

Robinson also mentioned there will be "additional charges and arrests if needed."

Investigators have looked into Sullivan's past going back many years and have discovered many encounters, 9Wants to Know has learned. They are still trying to figure out how those may play into Sullivan's charges.

Officials do not believe that all encounters were necessarily illegal and say some involved consenting adults not engaging in illegal activity. Robinson confirms to 9Wants to Know that Sullivan did bond out several people at "a variety" of detention centers in the Denver metro area. Robinson says that is part of the overall investigation.

In 1989, Sullivan crashed his Jeep through a fence to rescue a wounded deputy during a standoff.

Eugene Thompson, Jr., 24, went on a rampage with a semiautomatic pistol in Arapahoe County, abducting a woman and then killing her and her mother-in-law. He then raped another woman before he was cornered in a town house. The gunman shot and wounded two officers and another hostage before he fatally shot himself.

During the standoff, Sullivan sped his Jeep toward the deputy to create a diversion during the standoff. He then jumped out of the Jeep and rescued the wounded deputy as others provided cover. He then quickly backed out of the scene, going right through a fence and slamming into a patrol car to get to safety.

At the time, Sullivan used the event to champion gun control. He held up a semiautomatic weapon on TV and demanded more restrictions.

Sullivan then participated in many national programs, some preparing the country for a national disaster. He also took a prominent role during the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. After he retired in 2002, he led the security department for the Cherry Creek School District. He worked there until the end of the 2007-2008 school year.